Brian continues to be That Guy huh.
Yeah, at Least Napoleon realizes it and pretty much decided that he should be really nice to his brother in law...
Can't have any coups without him, cause Brian for better, and for worse, is the angel on his shoulder.
Just to note, this is very hard to read on dark themes.
Fixed that to a brighter color.
Stealing your opponents cannon and using them against your enemies truly a beautifully done plan
Well here is the thing that must not be understated for Brian's plan.
He knew he offered too good a bait for the Austrian generals to pass up, putting Napoleon front and center with only 30,000 men at the center.
The Austrian's were fed false intelligence by Nappy's agents, that the Army of Italy was in shambles, without shoes, boots, and some brigades were lacking in functional muskets (like the Army of Italy was when they first arrived.) After Bologna, where they assaulted the city.
The Austrians, generals, arrogant that the French were exhausted and under-supplied after a city assault, took the bait.
All that was a forgery.
Big oof. Is that all the austrian generals except the Archduke?
Yep...
Well there were others but they had been sacked months ago.
Hm, Brian is in reputation 7, a step below us. Also his new GS is 21, Admin 20, Logistics 24.
That's just the rep gained this part.
Just wait till next part.
Jesus, what a way to kick of just part 1. I can't imagine what else Brian could do that would be comparable to this. Because at this point he is already likely among the greatest military leaders in France's history.
Well, he is in the perfect negotiation position to get lots of things from the Austrian Empire.
And I mean... lots of things for France...
And himself and Napoleon.
I wonder how Berthier will feel about this considering he thought he was better than brian. Will it make him gain respect or simply resentment.
Berthier will HATE HIM.
The man does not give up a grudge, especially when he believes he could have done better then the surveyor.
(Note, he wouldn't... Brian was directly involved commanding the right flank as well, a position that Bertheier would not have handled well)
....Welp. Austria is DONE for the forseeable Future. I don't see them recovering from this for a good few years. And with Prussia out of the War and Britain sueing for Peace, I think the Republic has survived it's first Test.
Well... Yes... but also no.
We captured over 50K men, but none of them died yet.
Plus you know... Austria is going to leave the war very soon.
We didn't actually kill that many men though, we did capture a lot of guns, but the men will eventually be released. I don't think they'll be very willing to buy another fight though, and it will be a ransom for the ages...
I don't think many of them will be coming back to the army any time soon... and even if they did... Well.
It would be very interesting if they didn't come back after they've been called up.
The French do not use regiments but demi-brigades.
That was a mistake on my part, got British units mixed up with my french ones.
Napoleon will always sound like Christain Clavier to me.
Is it wrong that I think he sounds like someone else to me.
While Brian's plan was out of the box, the victory really comes down to Austrian blunders. Primarily the lack of any kind of reserve on the far side of the river.
Well, Hannibal used the Romans' tactics and blunders against them at Canne.
Brian did the same thing.
Given what we know of the man and his actions towards Jomini? Berthier will keep the grudge going, waiting for a moment to pounce.
Berthier has a burning hatred for Brian.
Like the next time they see each other, he will try to duel him to kill him.
